I went for my company course last monday, these are some of the tips that the presenters sharing with me. I find them quite useful.
Preparation
When you prepare for your speech or presentation, always have an introduction, body and a
solid conclusion. Get yourself prepared for the unexpected. Sincerity is the key as there is no foolproof formula.
Be relevant to the topic you are presenting
Find out as much as possible about the audience that you are going to present so that you are
able to address to their needs and acknowledge them in your introduction. Able to relate to
them, never alienate.
Project your voice correctly
You must be clear with your objective or aim, so that you can vary your pitch, tone or volume,resonance and speed to suit your task. Do a self assessment on your voice by recording your voice. If you are not convinced, no one will be.
Be Composed, Not to be tense
Your audience will know by your shallow breathing when you are nervous. Take a few deep
breathe to calm yourself down. Massage with specific exercises if you find some tensions in
your face, throat, necks, shoulders and back. If you don’t have time, try yawning. It works.
DON’T READ FROM SLIDES OR NOTES, TALK TO THE AUDIENCE
Avoid reading from note. Maintain eye contacts and make pause long enough to make a
connection with a few people in the audience. Visualize talking to one person instead of many
people.
ENGAGE YOUR AUDIENCE
Maintain eye contact regularly with your audience. Ask thought-provoking questions. Address to their needs and aim to inspire them to action. As long as you get their attention, the length of the presentation is not that important.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Facial Time: Reduce Eye Wrinkles
HI gals, it facial exercise time..this time i got something i want to prevent eye wrinkles..I believe is something most of us are trying hard to get rid of it. The best method is the prevent it to happen on our face, rite..just two times per week...so simple and can do it anytime..but first need a mirror in front of us to get the step correct otherwise do wrongly it will make it worse. We don't want to add more wrinkle rite. Haha
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Lost Art of Listening - Part 2
Effective communication requires effective listening. In fact, often times, listening is more important in speaking in order to negotiate well with others. Many salespersons learn this the hard way - they make flowery presentation, only to be blown off without so much as a second thought. But if they had only let their customers tell them what their problems were, they would probably be able to sell them anything.
Listening is really quite simple, yet most of us haven't mastered it. Why? I think is probably because of the connotation of keeping silent. To many people, it implies impassivity, being lost for words and so on. Also, it hard keeping your mouth shut. Everyone wants to be heard. So in the cacophony of voices, nobody does. But what were if you are one of the few who listened closely to what others had to say? What valuable information would you earn?
So where do you start if you truly want to develop your listening skills?
Firstly, cultivate the desire to listen. Accept the fact that listening skill is your strongest weapon. Given the opportunity, the other person will tell you everything you need to know. Try this out, very soon,you find yourself hanging on every words that flies out of other people's mouth.
Always let the other people do the talking. This is simple matter of mathematics. Try listening about 70% of the time and talking 30% of the time.
Now the theory is simple enough, but in practice. you will find that in many points, during the other people's speech, you'll feel the desire to interrupt.There will be points that you disagree with and you think that you should speak then you forever hold your peace. That not always true. In fact, most of the time, we regret saying the things we say. So always resist the temptation to interrupt. When you give in, all you do is to cut off the free flowing info.
Learn to listen actively. Now is crucial, since hearing someone is vastly different from listening to someone. And people can tell. Most people spend so much time regaling others with their stories that they keenly aware when the audience is sleeping with their eyes open. And if there is something worse than not listening, its pretending to listen. Then you lost your prospect forever.
The art of listening is a very fine one. It takes expert communicator to do it well and convincingly too. Look out for my next blog on tips to improve your effective listening.
Listening is really quite simple, yet most of us haven't mastered it. Why? I think is probably because of the connotation of keeping silent. To many people, it implies impassivity, being lost for words and so on. Also, it hard keeping your mouth shut. Everyone wants to be heard. So in the cacophony of voices, nobody does. But what were if you are one of the few who listened closely to what others had to say? What valuable information would you earn?
So where do you start if you truly want to develop your listening skills?
Firstly, cultivate the desire to listen. Accept the fact that listening skill is your strongest weapon. Given the opportunity, the other person will tell you everything you need to know. Try this out, very soon,you find yourself hanging on every words that flies out of other people's mouth.
Always let the other people do the talking. This is simple matter of mathematics. Try listening about 70% of the time and talking 30% of the time.
Now the theory is simple enough, but in practice. you will find that in many points, during the other people's speech, you'll feel the desire to interrupt.There will be points that you disagree with and you think that you should speak then you forever hold your peace. That not always true. In fact, most of the time, we regret saying the things we say. So always resist the temptation to interrupt. When you give in, all you do is to cut off the free flowing info.
Learn to listen actively. Now is crucial, since hearing someone is vastly different from listening to someone. And people can tell. Most people spend so much time regaling others with their stories that they keenly aware when the audience is sleeping with their eyes open. And if there is something worse than not listening, its pretending to listen. Then you lost your prospect forever.
The art of listening is a very fine one. It takes expert communicator to do it well and convincingly too. Look out for my next blog on tips to improve your effective listening.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Song of the Day: You Raised Me Up
Actually this is one of the song i don't like it intially because something unpleasant happen to me and lead me to bad memories. But after thinking through..I make a decision to move on in life...Because I learnt to appreciate more in my life and especially to those people who make an impact in my life. A song that show my gratitude to them.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
A Slice of Life: Practising Appreciation and Gratitude for Happiness
Today A Slice of Life is on Gratitude and Appreciation...Enjoy folks...
Gratitude and appreciation are the essential habits for a happy life.
And it's not just being grateful for the big events, like your first child, your generous pay raise, your parent recovering from illness. The tiniest aspect of life also contribute greatly to an attitude of appreciation that make for more fulfilling life.
Studies consistently show that people who are grateful and appreciative are more happier and healthier. And because their minds are uncluttered by stress and discontentment, they're also more focused on becoming more successful and improving their life.
If you think critically about it, there is plenty to be grateful for in this world. You only have to practicing looking for it and allow yourself to savour it fully.
As some immortal words go, " Let us be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today...at least we learn a little and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick. If we got sick, at least we didn't die.
Here are some ways that you can foster more gratitude and appreciation in your life.
First of all, be thankful of the ability to improve yourself and your life. Now this is a possibility not to be taken lightly...we all find deep fulfilment and empowerment in self-development...By identifying which aspects we most like to enhance and by taking action, we can attain powerful sense of self worth and being.
At the beginning of each day, think of three things that you can look forward to each day. A nice chat with a friends perhaps..jogging to your favourite music...even the routine things you might taken for granted..having a job you love...a home cooked meal or even finishing up that gripping novel. Similarly, at the end of the day...remind yourself of the three good things you enjoyed that day.
And practising savouring fully every good things that come your way. You known we often forget just how miraculous this world is. We get so caught up with work and making money and our family we consistently overlook the fact that we have this wonderful to live and experience and enjoy..
Well, don't overlook it for too long...its the only one you've got.
We must start appreciating the things and the people around us, not forgetting about the air we breathe in "Laugh*
Gratitude and appreciation are the essential habits for a happy life.
And it's not just being grateful for the big events, like your first child, your generous pay raise, your parent recovering from illness. The tiniest aspect of life also contribute greatly to an attitude of appreciation that make for more fulfilling life.
Studies consistently show that people who are grateful and appreciative are more happier and healthier. And because their minds are uncluttered by stress and discontentment, they're also more focused on becoming more successful and improving their life.
If you think critically about it, there is plenty to be grateful for in this world. You only have to practicing looking for it and allow yourself to savour it fully.
As some immortal words go, " Let us be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today...at least we learn a little and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick. If we got sick, at least we didn't die.
Here are some ways that you can foster more gratitude and appreciation in your life.
First of all, be thankful of the ability to improve yourself and your life. Now this is a possibility not to be taken lightly...we all find deep fulfilment and empowerment in self-development...By identifying which aspects we most like to enhance and by taking action, we can attain powerful sense of self worth and being.
At the beginning of each day, think of three things that you can look forward to each day. A nice chat with a friends perhaps..jogging to your favourite music...even the routine things you might taken for granted..having a job you love...a home cooked meal or even finishing up that gripping novel. Similarly, at the end of the day...remind yourself of the three good things you enjoyed that day.
And practising savouring fully every good things that come your way. You known we often forget just how miraculous this world is. We get so caught up with work and making money and our family we consistently overlook the fact that we have this wonderful to live and experience and enjoy..
Well, don't overlook it for too long...its the only one you've got.
We must start appreciating the things and the people around us, not forgetting about the air we breathe in "Laugh*
Friday, June 25, 2010
STORIES - The Handwriting On the Wall
A weary mother returned from the store,
Lugging groceries through the kitchen door.
Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year old son,
Anxious to relate what his younger brother had done.
"While I was out playing and Dad was on a call,
T.J. took his crayons and wrote on the wall!
It's on the new paper you just hung in the den.
I told him you'd be mad at having to do it again."
She let out a moan and furrowed her brow,
"Where is your little brother right now?"
She emptied her arms and with a purposeful stride,
She marched to his closet where he had gone to hide.
She called his full name as she entered his room.
He trembled with fear--he knew that meant doom!
For the next ten minutes, she ranted and raved
About the expensive wallpaper and how she had saved.
Lamenting all the work it would take to repair,
She condemned his actions and total lack of care.
The more she scolded, the madder she got,
Then stomped from his room, totally distraught!
She headed for the den to confirm her fears.
When she saw the wall, her eyes flooded with tears.
The message she read pierced her soul with a dart.
It said, "I love Mommy," surrounded by a heart.
Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found it,
With an empty picture frame hung to surround it.
A reminder to her, and indeed to all,
Take time to read the handwriting on the wall
Enjoy this story...
Lugging groceries through the kitchen door.
Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year old son,
Anxious to relate what his younger brother had done.
"While I was out playing and Dad was on a call,
T.J. took his crayons and wrote on the wall!
It's on the new paper you just hung in the den.
I told him you'd be mad at having to do it again."
She let out a moan and furrowed her brow,
"Where is your little brother right now?"
She emptied her arms and with a purposeful stride,
She marched to his closet where he had gone to hide.
She called his full name as she entered his room.
He trembled with fear--he knew that meant doom!
For the next ten minutes, she ranted and raved
About the expensive wallpaper and how she had saved.
Lamenting all the work it would take to repair,
She condemned his actions and total lack of care.
The more she scolded, the madder she got,
Then stomped from his room, totally distraught!
She headed for the den to confirm her fears.
When she saw the wall, her eyes flooded with tears.
The message she read pierced her soul with a dart.
It said, "I love Mommy," surrounded by a heart.
Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found it,
With an empty picture frame hung to surround it.
A reminder to her, and indeed to all,
Take time to read the handwriting on the wall
Enjoy this story...
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Health: Its Snack Time!
Snacking is one of the weight watchers' enemies. But it is difficult for me to stop snacks especially come to 4pm or 5pm in the afternoon after my lunch.
One problem with snack is that they are sometimes high in fat and empty calories but so addictive.
But I would like to share some tips how to lose weight by a few kg without having to diet, or exercise or a major life change. One good method that I found is snack swap.
Chocolates, chips, candy and crackers are the mainstay of the five o'clock stress snacker, but they can make up half of our entire daily recommended 2000 calories. One of the solution that work for me is that I get something healthier as my snack like having instant Quaker oats porridge in chicken as my replacement snack. More examples such as a cup of cabbage soup, or carrot, celery or cucumber sticks or wholemeal toast with lettuce..
These are some of the examples that I find in snack swap how many calories we can reduce by making a snack switch. You can try it to see some results
Snack sausage roll - Swap cup a soup - Down 154 calories
Snack potato chip - Swap seaweed rice crackers - Down 273 calories
Snack butter cookies - Swap ginger snaps - Down 140 calories
Snack buttery kaya toast - Swap peanut butter sandwich - Down 1,054 calories
Snack char siew bao - Swap popiah - Down 175 calories
Try some today and continue for a month and share with me your result or if you got any better suggestion, feel free to add your comment below. *Cheer*
One problem with snack is that they are sometimes high in fat and empty calories but so addictive.
But I would like to share some tips how to lose weight by a few kg without having to diet, or exercise or a major life change. One good method that I found is snack swap.
Chocolates, chips, candy and crackers are the mainstay of the five o'clock stress snacker, but they can make up half of our entire daily recommended 2000 calories. One of the solution that work for me is that I get something healthier as my snack like having instant Quaker oats porridge in chicken as my replacement snack. More examples such as a cup of cabbage soup, or carrot, celery or cucumber sticks or wholemeal toast with lettuce..
These are some of the examples that I find in snack swap how many calories we can reduce by making a snack switch. You can try it to see some results
Snack sausage roll - Swap cup a soup - Down 154 calories
Snack potato chip - Swap seaweed rice crackers - Down 273 calories
Snack butter cookies - Swap ginger snaps - Down 140 calories
Snack buttery kaya toast - Swap peanut butter sandwich - Down 1,054 calories
Snack char siew bao - Swap popiah - Down 175 calories
Try some today and continue for a month and share with me your result or if you got any better suggestion, feel free to add your comment below. *Cheer*
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